Mexican Bags

Tough Frida Kahlo Bags

Day Of The Dead Cotton Bags

Frida Kahlo Mesh Shoppers

Catrina Mesh Shoppers

Tough Loteria Bags

Mexican Bags

Large mesh market bags and tough, durable vinyl bags. The market bags are made from woven poly mesh and are extremely durable and hard wearing. We have three main designs in the mesh bag; Frida Bags, Catrina Bags and Stripey Bags. The tough, high quality vinyl bags are printed with images of Frida Kahlo and the famous Mexican Loteria Symbols.Check out our Day of The Dead Cotton BagsWe offer fast delivery and a gift wrapping service - check the options available on the basket page.

Frida Kahlo de Rivera (1907 - 1954) was a Mexican painter renowned for her self-portraits depicting pain and passion. Her turbulent marriage to Diego Rivera and her long battle with ill health provided much of the inspiration for her work. She was not widely recognized as a great artist until the early 1980s, when the artistic movement in Mexico known as Neomexicanismo began.

La Catrina is now a symbol of Day of the Dead celebrations held in Mexico every November. Wearing her signature hat she depicts a turn of the century upper class lady. She was created by Mexican engraver and illustrator José Guadalupe Posada. Posada (1852-1913) was also a political satirist renowned for his images of skeletons (calaveras in Spanish) which he used to mock the upper classes and social and political injustice.

These gorgeous bags are made from woven poly mesh with a double top plastic handle making them very durable. These types of bags are used in Mexico as vegetable and fruit bags. Due to their large size they can also be used as general shopping bags a tote bag, and even a beach bag. Available in five different colours.

Loteria arrived in Mexico from Spain in the 18th century. Originally a hobby of the upper classes, it eventually became a tradition at Mexican fairs. The Loteria has now been adapted as a didactic tool, and many artists use its pictograms as a base for their art projects. The current images have become iconic in Mexican culture and are regarded as very "kitsch" in the US and Europe.

Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) is celebrated in Mexico on November 2nd when cemeteries all over the country are filled with noise, laughter and a blaze of colour. Small alters are built by friends and relations of the dead using skulls, photos, flowers, food and drinks and souls are encouraged to visit these gatherings to hear the prayers and messages of the living.

The Mexican Hammock Company was started in 1983 as a joint UK-Mexico venture to provide a regular source of income for villages in rural Mexico through regular small-scale trade. The company works primarily with hammock weavers and tile makers in southern Mexico although other small enterprises producing traditional cultural folk art are now also supported.